For half a dozen years, the motto of state government and particularly that of Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been No New Taxes. It's been popular with a lot of voters and it has mostly prevailed. So much so that Pawlenty vetoed a 5-cent gas tax increase - the first in 20 years - last spring and millions were lost that might have gone to road repair. |
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Kathlyn Stone is a Minnesota-based writer covering science and medicine, health care and related policies.ï ¿ ½She publishes www.fleshandstone.net, a health and science news site.